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Is there still a distinction between a Human and a Robot?

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Wolfgang Hofkirchner Posted in Emergent Systems Information and Society, Publications, Uncategorized

The IEEE (“Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers” – the world’s largest professional association) recently published Version 2 of Ethically Aligned Design: A Vision for Prioritizing Human Well-being with Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (A/IS), produced by the IEEE Global Initiative on…

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Modeling health impacts for decision-making – On status and perspectives

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Tess Marja Werner Posted in Center, Human Digitalization, Meetings, Research, Systems Medicine and Health Care Systems

In affiliation with the 9th European Public Health (EPH) Conference, Vienna, 9-12 Nov 2016, at 10 Nov, an evening colloquium took place in the Bertalanffy Center (BCSSS). The topic was: „Modeling health impacts for decision-making – On status and perspectives“…

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Transhumanism – Netizens – Information in Evolutionary Systems: Three sections at Gothenburg June 2017

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Wolfgang Hofkirchner Posted in Calls, Emergent Systems Information and Society, Research

The BCSSS Research Group on “Emergent systems, information and society” calls for papers and participation in three sections of the International Society for Information Studies Summit that will take place in Gothenburg from 12 to 16 June 2017. That Summit…

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“Designing Design” at the Digital Bauhaus Summit 2015, a contribution in collaboration with the BCSSS

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Stefan Blachfellner Posted in Lectures, Meetings

After a successful first public appearance at the Information Studies Summit in June 2015 in Vienna, we were proud to be invited at the Digital Bauhaus Summit for the Creative Economy on Designing Society in July 2015 Weimar, Germany. Liss…

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